"variable abbreviation"	Variable name	Measurement
"Leg.duration"	Legislative duration	The number of days between the European Commission comes up with a proposal and proposal is adopted into legislation.
"hetero.sta"	Preference heterogeneity among stakeholders	The stakeholders hold divergent preferences: which is calculated as the weighted sum of squared differences between individual actors and the pooled stakeholders
"sta.sup"	Stakeholders support	Percentage of stakeholders mobilized on each issue hold positive opinions towards legislative proposal.
"sta.opp"	Stakeholders opposition	Percentage of stakeholders mobilized on each issue hold negative opinions towards legislative proposal.
"hetero.interest"	Preference heterogeneity among interest groups	The extent to which interest groups’ preferences vary across all stakeholders 
"hetero.nonstate"	Preference heterogeneity among non-state groups	The extent to which non-state groups’ preferences vary across all stakeholders
"density"	The density of stakeholders	The number of stakeholders
"diversity"	The diversity of stakeholders	The number of groups types
"con.duration"	consultation duration	The date the consultation opened until the deadline for submitting contributions
"typeact"	Type of legislative proposal	Type of legislative act ("dir"= Directive=1; "reg"= Regulation=2; "dec"= Decision=3)
"novelty"	Novelty of legislative proposal	The number of EP amendments tabled at the first reading
"transparent"	Transparency of legislative process	A legislative act negotiated in informal trilogues in the first reading is less transparent. Is the act agreed upon through informal trilogues in the first reading? 1 = yes, 0 = no
"complexity"	Complexity of legislative proposal	The number of EP committees involved in debating the proposal, and the policy area.
"interconflict"	Inter-institutional conflict on EU legislative act: Conflict between the EP and the Council	Is the act agreed upon in conciliation/third reading? 1 = yes, 0 = no